Evaluation of Plasma Melatonin Levels in Children With Afebrile and Febrile Seizures.

Background: Melatonin modulates central nervous system neuronal activity. We compared the melatonin levels of patients with febrile and afebrile seizures during and after seizure with those of healthy controls.

Methods: We enrolled 59 individuals with afebrile and febrile seizures (mean age, 6.

Scientific publications in pediatrics over the last ten years in Turkey and worldwide.

In keeping with the large area of interest comprised within the field of pediatrics, the number and diversity of publications in this field has gradually increased over the last ten years in our country as well as worldwide. The objective of this paper is to offer an analysis of the status of pediatrics publications during those ten years. The publications analyzed were listed in the Thomson Reuters Web of Science and/or published in journals included in the Science Citation Index, the Science Citation Index Expanded and the Social Sciences Citation Index.

A neonatal thrombosis patient treated successfully with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator.

Unlabelled: Herein we report an asphyctic preterm neonate with respiratory distress and prothrombotic risk factors that responded positively to rtPA treatment following 2 attacks of acute thrombosis.

Conflict Of Interest: None declared.